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Law affects employee hours Affordable Care Act gives insurance to workers who qualify RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu Ball State students will not see a change in their university-provided health services as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Employees, however, continue to experience changes as Ball

State implements the mandates.

By January 2015, a deadline extended by President Barack Obama, the university must comply with the employer shared responsibility rule, requiring employers provide health insurance to employees working 30 hours or more.

Marie Williams, Ball State associate vice president of Human Resources and Administrative Services, said the extension gives the university time to plan to deal with this mandate.

“This is our time to determine

which employees, who are not eligible for health care, would become eligible for health care in 2015,” she said. “[It] also leads to uncertainty because we don’t know exactly how it will impact health care budget in short or long term or the exact number of employees that will be affected.”

Ball State already has a large pool of part-time employees who are covered with health insurance.

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FOR EMPLOYEES NOW

• Dependent children covered up to age 26 • Pediatric dental care • Free preventative care • No annual limit on insurance coverage • No lifetime limit on insurance coverage FOR EMPLOYEES IN 2015

• Employer shared responsibility mandate • “30 Hour Rule”

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mokey, tender and tangy were a few common words heard on the tongues of guests to describe the signature dishes of Muncie RibFest.

But the word heard most from the vendors themselves: pride. ONLINE Each tent with an adjacent, billowing smoke cloud pushed a product rich in history, tradition and passion. Rib cooks take To see more photos from their work seriously, keeping yesterday’s the specifics of their means event, go to and methods a closely guarded bsudaily.com secret. However, the taste of what they do share keeps rib enthusiasts coming back to downtown Muncie year after year. Here’s a look at the contenders for taste buds at RibFest 2013 over the weekend.

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Another weekend at BREAKDOWN college means another surge in alcohol-related INDIANA LIFELINE LAW crimes around college Provides immunity for some alcohol-related campuses.

This weekend in Mun- offenses to people cie, Indiana State Excise who request medical assistance for someone Police officers arrested in need or receive medical 18 people on 20 charg- assistance due to a es, less than half the request by someone else number arrested movePROVIDES IMMUNITY FOR in weekend.

Seventeen of those • Public intoxication • Minor possession arrested were charged • Minor consumption with illegal possession • Minor transportation of alcohol, while one arrest was for possession HOW TO RECEIVE IMMUNITY of marijuana. There • Provide relevant also was a charge was requested information to for disorderly conduct, law enforcement officers according to a release • Remain on scene for by excise. law enforcement and Oliver Forrow, 19, of emergency medical Muncie, was arrested assistance for disorderly con- • Cooperate with duct Saturday. Prior authorities on scene to the charge, he was SOURCE: indianalifeline.org cited for illegal possession of alcohol. After a verbal warning for yelling obscenities in the middle of Linden Street, authorities said he was observed attempting to incite a fight and was taken to Delaware County Jail for disorderly conduct.

Ball State was not the only university to see several arrests this weekend.

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TOP One of the grillers turns over a rack of ribs Saturday at RibFest in downtown Muncie. MIDDLE Jayden Delk rolls down a lane as a bowling ball at RibFest. BOTTOM Chad Rubush drives a custom-made train at the annual event. The Muncie Sanitation District hosts the train, which was made from an old tractor, at different festivals in the area.

‘N SYNC PLAYS AT VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NEW YORK (AP) — The video of the year trophy was the final memorable moment of a night full of them for Justin Timberlake at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Timberlake won the top honor for “Mirrors” on the same night he reunited briefly with ‘N Sync and received the Michael Jackson Vanguard Video Award on Sunday as the awards debuted in Brooklyn.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the night’s top winners, taking home best hip-hop video for “Can’t Hold Us” and best video with a social message for “Same Love,” a marriage equality anthem. Other winners included Taylor Swift, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Selena Gomez and Thirty Seconds to Mars.

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Be Here Now’s free concert will feature Brownbird Rudy Relic for Americana rock night.

PBR pitchers are $3, over 21 admission is free, under 18 is $5 and under 21 is $3. Ball State students get a $1 off with a student ID. Brownbird Rudy Relic’s website describes the music as a form of acoustic holler blues. “In true troubadour fashion, he has taken his music all over the world — a man, his guitar and a mission to purvey traditional blues music in a relevant contemporary light.”

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Campus Band is looking for new members, no audition required. This student concert band meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday nights in Music Instruction Building Room 152. Students are able to enroll and gain credit for their participation. The band is particularly interested in students that can play the clarinet, the bassoon and the baritone saxophone, although anyone is welcome. Those interested should contact Dustin Palmer or Bruce McFarland for details at 765-285-9178.

Coming off a 9-4 season that ended with a loss in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in 2012, the football team is gearing up for another season. The 2013 season opener is at 7 p.m. at Scheumann Stadium. The Cardinals are returning all of their top offensive skill position players from last season, with senior quarterback Keith Wenning on three preseason award watch lists— the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Davey O’ Brien National Quarterback Award and the Maxwell Award. Ball State’s defense lost Travis Freeman, 2012 team captain and 2012 Defensive MVP, to graduation. However, it will return its leading pass rusher for the 2013 season, defensive end Jonathan Newsome. The Cardinals will host Illinois State. The Redbirds went 9-4 overall in 2012, with one win against a Mid-American Conference opponent as it beat Eastern Michigan 31-14 on Sept. 8, 2012.

50 Haircuts in 50 Days in 50 States will raise money to help local animal shelters across the country. BarkAID will come to Muncie’s Parlour Salon. All proceeds from this stop will go to Muncie’s Animal Rescue Fund.

Hair stylist Patrick Lomantini started the 3-year-old program, and according to the BarkAID website, he was looking for a way to mix his love of hair with his compassion for homeless animals. Bryce Anderson, coowner of Parlour Salon, said “we are thrilled to host this event for ARF and would love for the faculty and staff at Ball State to be aware of this opportunity to support this passionate organization.”

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TUESDAY Check out the Daily News to read Joanna Saleem’s journey from volunteer to gymnastics head coach.

THURSDAY Ball State will open its football season with a home game against Illinois State at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Women’s volleyball will open its season in the South Florida Tournament at 4:30 p.m.

Freshmen contributions help Ball State open 2-0 Wendlandt scores first college goal at 61-minute mark

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Despite losing nine seniors, 2013 looks more like a reloading year than a rebuilding one for the Ball State soccer team.

Fresh faces to the roster fueled Ball State to a decisive 3-0 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay, bringing the Cardinals to 2-0 on the season.

“Everybody thought we were going to be bad this year, and there were a lot of questions to how we’d react,” freshman goalkeeper Brooke Dennis said after recording a clean sheet in her first collegiate start. “But I think

everyone has done a great job transitioning, and we play really well together.”

Senior goalkeeper Layne Schramm secured a 2-1 victory for Ball State on Friday against Northern Iowa, but head coach Craig Roberts gave Dennis the nod for Wisconsin-Green Bay. Dennis saw action early with a simple collapse dive for one of her four saves. After a few pickups coming off her line, she looked sure handed.

“The first few shots are always the most important because they help you settle down,” Dennis said. “I felt more confident after I held the first few cleanly.”

Dennis’ confidence was key for her, as she was forced several times to come off her line and break up searching through balls from the Phoenix to keep the first half gridlocked.

As in the first game, the Car-

dinals could not muster many threats in the first half. The field looked congested, as both teams’ back lines held fast.

But halftime gave Ball State a jolt, like Friday’s match.

“We went into the half knowing it was a pretty balanced game,” Roberts said. “We looked to get a little more joy on the outsides and really start to stretch them.”

In the 61st minute, sophomore winger Kalynn Flanagan found some of that joy breaking down the left side. As she crossed the 18-yard box, Flanagan ignored cries from the stands to shoot and laid off a pass to freshman striker Kelsey Wendlandt, who tapped in her first collegiate goal from inside 10 yards.

After this goal, a rocket off the post Friday and a goal in Ball State’s exhibition match, Wendlandt has shown herself to be a spark of instant offense

Cards look to build after scrimmage performance Ball State opens match energetic, slows with rain

off the bench, and one of the newcomers that is making a positive impact.

“Coach [Roberts] always tells me to attack the goal,” she said. “I know when I come in, that’s my job: attack and finish.”

That goal prompted an offensive onslaught from Ball State.

The Cardinals quadrupled their shots from the first half, and controlled the ball for a majority of the second half.

Junior defender Victoria Jacobs, one of two players to play all 180 minutes of Ball State’s two games, blasted another goal into the top shelf off a corner two minutes later. Sophomore Erin Greeley put in Ball State’s third and final goal off another attack generated from the wing.

“We’re really happy about DN PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER how good the team is looking Junior Victoria Jacobs dribbles toward Northern Iowa’s defense during the this year,” Dennis said. “We’re game Friday. Jacobs played all 180 minutes in the two games over the weekend really excited. for Ball State’s 2-0 start.

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CASTONZO HURT WITH MCL SPRAIN IN PRESEASON INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck’s protectors are now taking their own hits.

Colts coach Chuck Pagano said Sunday that left tackle Anthony Castonzo will not play in the preseason finale after an MRI confirmed Castonzo has a mild sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Castonzo was injured on the opening series of Saturday night’s 27-6 victory over Cleveland and did not return. Right guard Mike McGlynn did not play Saturday after bruising his knee during practice last week.

Castonzo is listed as dayto-day, and Pagano said Sunday he hopes both would be ready for the Sept. 8 opener against Oakland.

“The MRI was pretty much negative. It wasn’t as bad as anybody anticipated,” Pagano said, discussing Castonzo’s prognosis during a conference call. “You never want to lose anybody, and particularly the guy who’s protecting the blind side of your quarterback.”

Joe Reitz will replace Castonzo in the lineup at Cincinnati. Reitz started nine games in 2011 and eight last season.

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For the first 15 minutes, it was all the Ball State field hockey team could have hoped for.

But when it rains, it pours.

“At the beginning, we came out really hard,” sophomore forward Allie White said after the team’s scrimmage with Iowa on Thursday. “I was really pleasantly surprised. I thought we were DN FILE PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK really solid defensively — holding our ground, and not Forward Allie White attempts to maintain control away from Missouri State on getting too excited, which Sept. 22, 2012. White said she was “pleasantly surprised” with performance at the team’s scrimmage game against Iowa on Thursday. is kind of unusual for the first game.” one way, the area most visBall State reported to its ibly in need of improvement UPCOMING first practice of the fall Aug. was defense.

MATCHES 13. That left Maddox said the team nine primary focus JAMES MADISON I was pleasantly amoving days to prepare 1:30 p.m Sunday forward for a strong surprised with the will be building APPALACHIAN STATE Iowa opponent. unity and learn11 a.m. Sept. 2 With 17 under- calmness and the ing to play toclassmen on the unity that we had gether on both ROBERT MORRIS roster, the Carsides of the 1 p.m. Sept. 6 dinals have been with our group. I was field. She’s confaced with the kind of anticipating fident that tochallenge of begetherness will coming cohesive a little bit more of a develop in time.

Orthodox Christian Fellowship on the field.

“The rain jam in our first go.

Weekly meeting at St. Francis of Assisi Head coach threw a bit of Lively Discussion, Spiritual Food, Beth Maddox BETH MADDOX, head coach a kink into the Refreshments, Rides Available and Fellowship said her team flow of things,” excelled in that area for hav- Maddox said. “The ideas that “Everyone Welcome” ing spent just more than a we have and the things that Come Hungry! week together at the time of we’re going to work on this Monday, Aug. 26 from 6:30pm-8:30pm the scrimmage. week to prepare us for next 1200 W. Riverside Avenue “I’m not going to say we week — we’re ready to go.

Muncie, IN 47304 weren’t expecting it,” Mad- [The scrimmage] has made me Faculty Advisor: David Sumner, sumner@bsu.edu dox said. “But I was pleas- very excited for next week.”

Spiritual Advisor: Father Nabil Hanna, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, pastor@stgindy.org antly surprised with the Student President: Zachary Hayden, 2dhayden@bsu.edu calmness and the unity that we had with our group. I was kind of anticipating a little bit more of a jam in our first go.”

Prior to the scrimmage, freshman Colleen McGlynn said her new teammates made her feel welcome High Holy Days Schedule: both on and off the field.

“It’s been a big adjustment,” McGlynn said of the Erev Rosh Hashanah service 8 PM Wednesday, Sept. 4th jump to collegiate play. “It’s been a great experience so far. It’s definitely a higher Rosh Hashanah day service 10 AM Thursday, Sept. 5th level, so that’s harder, but [upperclassmen] have been carry-in luncheon to follow really helpful with teaching me what I need to know.”

Kol Nidre service 8 PM Friday, Sept. 13th Though Ball State’s opening was strong, production fell later in the match. A Yom Kippur service 10 AM Saturday, Sept. 14th rain delay sidelined the Mincha service 3 PM teams for close to an hour.

When play resumed, Iowa Yizkor service 4 PM took control of pace and Neilah service 4:30 PM started to impose its will on Ball State.

Followed by a break-the-fast carry-in dinner at sundown.

“They put the ball where they want it,” White said of Iowa. “And they made us work and they made us move.”

Though the Cardinals were outdone in more than

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Aid based on degree progress BSU students agree with Obama’s plan to grade students

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On Thursday, President Barack Obama released what he calls a better bargain for the middle class.

His plan to reduce financial hardships on students and families includes the creation and implementation of a university grading system and a system to hold students receiving aid accountable for making

progress toward a degree.

“Our first priority is aimed at providing better value for students — making sure that families and taxpayers are getting what we pay for,” Obama said at his State University of New York Buffalo stop on a tour to announce the plan.

Victoria Stewart, a Ball State sophomore zoology major, said she believes it is any university’s job to ensure their students can graduate in the most timely manner possible.

Stewart transferred to Ball State this year because her previous school, Indiana University-Purdue University India-

napolis, would not allow her to take as many credit hours as she would have liked.

“I have to play catch up and take summer classes because [IUPUI] wouldn’t let me take more than 12 hours my first semester and were really against me taking any more the next,” she said.

Stewart said now that she is here, the university encourages her to take enough to graduate on time, and she believes any law that would encourage universities to graduate students in four years is a good thing.

Under Obama’s plan, there will be a new rating system

for universities by 2015 to determine ability to graduate students or transfer them.

A student’s federal aid will then be affected by the rating of the university they chose to attend by 2018.

According to the fact sheet on the plan, students attending high-performing colleges could receive larger Pell Grants and more affordable student loans. Likewise, student’s progress toward a degree in four years will affect their aid.

Jared Sullivan, a freshman telecommunications major, said basing a student’s aid on personal progress makes sense.

Syria agrees to allow UN investigation into deaths Experts to visit sights of reported chemical attacks | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria reached an agreement with the United Nations on Sunday to allow a team of international experts to visit the site of alleged chemical weapons attacks last week outside Damascus, state media and the U.N. said.

A statement on Syrian state television said Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane struck the deal during talks in Damascus, and that the two sides are working to finalize the date and time of the visit.

The world body said a team of U.N. experts already in Syria has been instructed to focus on investigating the purported attack on Wednesday.

The mission “is preparing to conduct on-site fact-finding activities” on Monday, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement.

Anti-government activists and Doctors Without Borders say more than 300 peo-

ple were killed in the alleged toxic gas attack on the eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital. Images purporting to show the aftermath of the attack are filled with people gasping for breath and dead children unmarked by any wounds.

The eastern Ghouta area where the attack took place is under opposition-control, which makes arranging a trip across the front lines difficult. Rebels and the main Western-back opposition group have said they would guarantee access and the safety of a U.N. team to facilitate an investigation.

Nesirky said the Syrian government “affirmed that it will provide the necessary cooperation, including the observance of the cessation of hostilities at the locations related to the incident.”

He added that U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon “would like to reiterate that all relevant parties equally share the responsibility of cooperating in urgently generating a safe environment for the mission to do its job efficiently and providing all necessary information.”

The deal appears to meet the demands of the world powers, including the U.S.,

HISTORY OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS • Chemical weapons began their use in World War I when both sides used them to inflict casualties with little risk.

• As the public became aware of the horrors of chemical weapon use, the Geneva Protocol was written by the United Nations and signed in 1925, banning their use. This provision did not, however, ban the creation and stockpiling of chemical weapons.

• The manufacturing of chemical weapons was hastened during the Cold War period when an estimated 25 countries were developing chemical weapons.

• However, since the end of World War II, chemical weapons have only been used in a few cases.

• In order to better prevent chemical warfare, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was entered into the U.N. in 1997.

• Syria is not a part of the OPCW. SOURCE: un.org

Britain, France and Russia, all of whom called on the Syrian government to cooperate with the U.N. and grant inspectors access to the sites.

Confirming whether chemical weapons were indeed used carries enormous stakes, and could play a large role in determining the future course of Syria’s civil war. It has reinvigorated debate about the possible use of foreign military action in the conflict.

Last week, France said that

if an independent investigation confirms that chemical weapons were indeed employed, then military force could be used in Syria.

The U.S. Navy has sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, closer to Syria, as President Barack Obama considers a military response.

A senior administration official said Sunday that the U.S. has “very little doubt” that chemical weapons were used in Wednesday’s attack.

Hydralic Fracturing study creates data on effect of disputed practice Experts say debate often overlooks coal reduction as upside | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH (AP) — A project examining the local health impacts from natural gas drilling is providing some of the first preliminary numbers about people who may be affected, and the results challenge the industry position that no one suffers but also suggest the problems may not be as widespread as some critics claim.

The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has been trying to help people who feel they’ve been sickened by natural gas drilling or processing for about 18 months in one county south of Pittsburgh.

The work is potentially important because it’s one of the first long-term attempts to monitor drilling-related health impacts, and it could help other groups identify possible symptoms.

The project found 27 cases where people in Washington County believe they were hurt by nearby drilling — seven cases of skin rashes, four of eye irritation, 13 of breathing problems and three of headaches and dizziness. The skin exposures were from water and the other cases were from air. The numbers don’t represent a full survey of the area, just cases so far with plausible exposures.

The EHP group is trying to help those who have been exposed to drilling-related air or

What is fracking?

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stream fractures 2 High-pressure the rock, releasing stored natural gas and oil.

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creates environmental 4 Fracking concerns, including the possibility of contaminated groundwater, polluted drinking water, massive water consumption and air pollution.

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water pollution, toxicologist David Brown told The Associated Press, adding that they’re finding “an array of symptoms” in some people who live close to either wells or processing stations.

There are some surprises: Air pollution seems to be more of a threat than water pollution, and the huge processing stations that push gas into national pipelines may be more of a problem than the drilling sites themselves.

The processing stations can handle large volumes of gas

•The process, used widely in Pennsylvania, Texas, North Dakota and Canada, has also triggered a frac-sand mining boom in the Upper Midwest.

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from hundreds of wells.

Washington County has a population of about 200,000, and about 700 natural gas wells have been drilled there in the past six years. It’s also home to large gas processing operations.

Some experts not involved with the findings praised the general program but said the debate over fracking and health often neglects a crucial point.

“There’s a strong case that people in the U.S. are already leading longer lives as a conse-

quence of the fracking revolution,” said Michael Greenstone, a professor of environmental economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

That’s because many power plants have stopped burning coal and switched to natural gas, which emits far less fine soot, nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide.

“Obviously, that has to be counterbalanced against the local effects of the drilling,” said Greenstone, formerly one of President Barack Obama’s chief economic advisers.

“If you aren’t doing work, you shouldn’t get help,” he said, although he doesn’t expect the plan to make it to implementation.

“There is too much separation in the government with Republicans and Democrats for it to get through,” he said.

Kyle Kedra, a freshman meteorology major, said he thinks it will fundamentally change the way universities attempt to cater to students. “[Universities] need to get better then,” he said. “Students are going to go to certain colleges [if they get more in aid], it just makes sense.”

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HEALTH CARE: RAs, GAs see cut in allowed work hours | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “The advantage is we already provide very comprehensive benefits, and in addition to health care for full-time faculty, we also provide for part-time faculty, contract faculty and parttime professional employees,” Williams said.

Cathy Janiczak, a graduate assistant in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, said she feels like graduate assistants fall through the cracks with the 30-hour rule.

She received a letter from her department that said graduate assistants can work only nine hours on campus a week in addition to their assistantship, instead of 10.

Janiczak said that will cause her to lose a few hundred dollars over the year from her extra hours at her transportation job.

“I’m annoyed,” she said. “To

me, that’s a lot of money.”

Janiczak is covered by her own health insurance and would not want to purchase any from the university — she just wants to work the full 10 hours. Graduate assistants have not been given health insurance in the past.

“My frustration is toward the law,” she said. “I don’t blame the university for wanting to [mitigate costs].

If every GA was full time, that would be a lot to supply health insurance for, and Ball State can’t afford that. It’s the law that restricts them.”

Williams said it is too early to tell what the final arrangement for tracking the hours of graduate assistants will look like, or if the university will offer them health insurance in the future.

Outside of employment, the new legislation will not affect services at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center, said medical director Kent Bullis.

EXCISE: Lifeline law offers immunity in emergency

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In Bloomington, excise arrested 93 people on 129 charges near Indiana University over the weekend. Fiftysix people were arrested for underage possession or consumption of alcohol, and 17 adults were arrested for providing alcohol to minors.

Rachael Fiege, an IU freshman, died Saturday when she was taken off life support due to injuries from a fall down a basement staircase, according The Associated Press.

“This is a tragedy that breaks every heart in the IU community,” IU interim police chief Laury Flint said in a news release. “Our deepest sympathies go out to Rachael’s family and friends.”

Police said people found Fiege, 19, semi-conscious around 1 and 2 a.m. Friday at an off-campus party. After the fall, she was moved to another room by friends and others, who monitored her until 7:30 and 8 a.m. IU spokesman Mark Land told The Indianapolis Star that this was when her friends realized she appeared to not be breathing and called 911.

According to the AP, Flint said Fiege’s friends waited to call for emergency because they didn’t

realize how badly she was hurt.

Fiege was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital in critical condition.

Flint said campus police are investigating Fiege’s death, although everything points to an accident.

She told the Herald-Times it was unclear whether alcohol was related to the incident, although it was available at the party. Toxicology tests are pending.

Flint said it seemed like Fiege’s friends were aware of Indiana’s lifeline law that allows underage people to call 911 without fear of arrest if they think a friend needs help, particularly in incidents involving alcohol.

According to the Indiana Lifeline Law website, the law provides immunity for public intoxication, minor possession, minor consumption and minor transportation offenses for a person who seeks medical assistance for someone, stays at the scene and cooperates with authorities.

It also provides the immunity for a person who receives the medical assistance.

“The priority is to get medical care to those in need of it, regardless of the circumstances,” an excise release said about the program.

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LEMBO’S SPEECH CANCELED DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE AT QUAD BASH

Low attendance at Quad Bash caused the University Program Board director to cancel a speech by football head coach Pete Lembo.

“Due to lack of turnout at the beginning, we didn’t want to have coaches speak to an empty crowd,” Kalyn McDaniel, UPB director, said.

The coach was set to take the stage at 5 p.m.

Sid Chowdhary, a senior actuarial science major, said he was disappointed no coaches were there.

He said even though he thought it was not well advertised, he would have liked to see them speak.

Lindsey Jessie, a junior biology major, said the speech would have allowed her to put a face with the names of Ball State coaches.

“They don’t talk about the coaches much,” Jessie said.

McDaniel attributed the low attendance to the fact that some posters had incorrect starting times.

A crowd eventually showed up. The event also offered smoothies from Island Muncie, music by rock band Gentlemen and spin art frisbees.

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KIMBLER’S — FIRST PLACE

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Ben Forst performs at Village Green Records during a Glue & Scissors Society event Friday. The group will have fewer events this year, instead focusing on making them more elaborate than previous ones, said Marta Vitolins, the group’s president.

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Be Here Now’s backyard turned into an art gallery with a live soundtrack Friday night.

Bianca Russelburg’s back was a swirl of colors with the words “Thug Life” stretching between her shoulder blades. While artists displayed black ink portraits and oil paint masterpieces, Russelburg was the canvas.

During the event, the senior telecommunications major stripped down and offered her body for artists to paint freely, only wearing nude-toned bandages and boy shorts.

“I’m a musician — I don’t do art. So to be a medium for people who can do that is awesome,” Russelburg said. “It’s as involved as I can possibly get in the artistic process.”

With body painting, poetry, music and art, the Glue & Scissors Society hosted its first event of the academic year Friday night.

Russelburg said this was the first time she has done live body art and wanted to be adventurous. She said it takes a certain amount of vulnerability to be painted by strangers head to toe.

“There have been a lot of strangers coming up,” Russelburg said. “I assume when someone comes at me with a paint brush and an artistic spark in their eye, they aren’t going to paint a penis on me.”

Glue & Scissors art director Sarah Fischer drew ink portraits throughout the night of willing subjects. With laser focus, the sophomore printmaking and biology major glanced up at her subjects’ faces and traced their contours without picking up her pen. The result was a detailed portrait wrought with inky lines and curves, made from a continuous line.

Fischer’s art work, like many

of the students who displayed their exhibits, was unconventional. Students’ makeshift galleries clustered on the wood fence walls, all eliciting attendees to lean in closer to study the eclectic collection of works.

Other displays included a gold-leafed mosaic of dismantled photographs depicting Bill Cosby smoking a cigar near a decapitated head and images of segregation and slavery.

A display named “National Pornographic” took images of historical events or snapshots of cultures and added nude figures.

“I think this is creating a community, which is what we’re going for,” Fischer said.

“This makes the arts open for everyone.”

Because of last minute cancellations by artists to be featured in the show, the event’s schedule changed. The show began at Village Green Records with an acoustic performance by Ben Forst and poetry readings.

At 7 p.m., the crowd moved to Be Here Now, where artists

had their work on exhibit in the backyard stage area and four bands, Coyote Armada, Sapphic, Bird of Paradise and Peter Blair, performed.

Marta Vitolins, Glue & Scissors Society president, said despite last minute changes, there was a good gathering of the artistic community.

“It’s been successful,” Vitolins said. “It’s people celebrating art together, and that’s all we could ever ask for.”

While there is no set date for the next Glue & Scissors Society event, Vitolins said there will be one before the end of the semester. She said the club is cutting down on the amount of events to improve the quality of shows and focus on community projects and events.

“Getting together and working as a collective to create art is what we’re about,” Vitolins said. “We want to continue our community projects and get more involved with Muncie. It’s a beautiful place when you stop to look at it.”

Tony Kimbler and his team begin their “Great Roundup” for equipment and supplies three days before the start of the event. Kimbler’s St. Louis-style ribs are the only offerings at RibFest that are cooked the day of sale. The group operates out of their Polka Dots Dairy Freeze in New Castle, Ind., where they host a special rib event about once a month. For the team’s ninth year at RibFest, they brought 175 slabs of ribs. The team also won first place in 2005, 2010 and 2011.

CHEERS — SECOND PLACE

If asked why their ribs are the best, Keith Nash and Tony Brummett of Cheers will simply say to taste them.

“We give free samples here because we’ve got the best in the nation,” Nash said.

They sell ribs every day at Cheers Tavern on North Broadway Avenue in Muncie, and the team strives to make appearances at street festivals like RibFest and Muncie Gras. The group brought 252 slabs to RibFest and took two weeks to prepare. The group said Cheers takes great pride its 140-yearold recipe and won second place at RibFest.

BARN BRASSERIE — THIRD PLACE

The Muncie eatery stepped out of its comfort zone for this year’s event, as they normally do not sell ribs. Operator Matt Burns said the biggest challenge for non-specialists at an event like this is “to make them good enough for people to want to eat them.”

ROLLING LUAU

Redkey, Ind., food truck Rolling Luau used the competition

to debut Hawaiian ribs, a menu item that operator Amanda Champ plans to continue. The ribs are seasoned in Duck Dynasty dry rub, soaked in pineapple juice and finished off with a special Hawaiian sauce.

The Rolling Luau team precooked 60 racks of ribs before smoking began, which takes two days.

“I’m bringing something different they haven’t had here before,” Champ said.

TASTE OF HOME

RibFest is about more than selling meat for Taste of Home cook Joe “Smokes” Nabors.

“I have an old seasoning my grandmother had passed down through the family,” he said. “It’s a tradition.”

Taste of Home isn’t a business — the group comes out to events as a hobby, but they take their ribs just as seriously as the other vendors. Nabors and the rest of the team prepped 56 slabs of ribs for the event and planned to make more during the event. In addition to ribs, they also served corn on the cob and chicken.

IVEY SPICE

The Indianapolis-based operation does events all over the Midwest. Like most rib recipes, the specifics are closely guarded, but Ivey Spice’s ribs are hand rubbed and seasoned, marinated for two days and then slow cooked. The Ivey Spice team has more than 25 years of experience and attributes at least a portion of its success to the rib’s aroma. The group also specializes in fried green tomatoes and tenderloin.

“We’re the people’s choice,” owner Frank Ivey said. “We look forward to feeding the people of Muncie.”

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